A 26-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death in Glasgow of the Kurdish asylum seeker Firsat Dag, police said last night.

Dag, 22, was stabbed near the Sighthill area on 5 August. His death provoked an outcry among residents and asylum seekers and led to criticism of the Government's policy of dispersing refugees around the country.

Police given more time to quiz uncle of missing schoolgirl

Police in Essex have been granted extra time to continue interviewing builder Stuart Campbell, 43, from Grays, an uncle of missing schoolgirl Danielle Jones, on suspicion of murder. Danielle, 15, disappeared in June after leaving her home in East Tilbury to catch a school bus.

Oasis sell out in just an hour

Twelve thousand tickets for Oasis gigs in smaller venues in London and five other cities were sold in an hour yesterday. The sale was timed to coincide exactly 10 years since the band's first show.

Silent tribute

Record company Charrm is releasing a single in a limited edition of 500 copies of the one-minute silence in Hyde Park after Princess Diana's funeral in 1997.

I was put in danger, says PC who shot naked suspect

A police officer who shot dead a naked unarmed man during a botched drugs raid has spoken out for the first time against his superior officers.

In a letter to The Observer , solicitors acting for PC Christopher Sherwood say he was ordered to take part in the operation in St Leonards, East Sussex, in 1998 and was told that the victim, James Ashley, was dangerous and had access to firearms.

Sherwood was cleared of the murder and manslaughter of Mr Ashley in May. But the alleged mishandling of the case by senior Sussex police officers led to the direct intervention of Home Secretary David Blunkett and the resignation of Sussex Chief Constable Paul Whitehouse.

The officer who authorised the raid, Deputy Chief Constable Mark Jordan, has been suspended from duty.

Sherwood quotes the police firearms expert called by the prosecution at his trial, who said the PC should not have been put in a situation where he had to judge in a matter of seconds the level of threat in the dark in a confined space. Sherwood had been 'put in a position of unacceptable danger', the expert said.

Caterpillar colony

A colony of 25 rare striped lychnis moth caterpillars has been found in a churchyard at Headbourne Worthy, near Winchester, Hampshire.

Last order

A waiter's order pad that survived the sinking of the Titanic is estimated to fetch £12,000 at Sotheby's. A biscuit picked up by a cleaner before the ship set sail is set to make £2,000.

Rescue mission to find British girl, 17, missing on mountain in Borneo

Rescuers are searching for a 17-year-old British girl missing on the slopes of the highest mountain in south-east Asia. Ellie James disappeared on Thursday while descending 13,455ft Mount Kinabalu on Borneo.

Tour organisers Travelbag Adventures said she became separated from a group of British trekkers who began scaling the mountain on Wednesday. As the 12-strong group returned from the summit, Ellie's parents realised that she and her brother Henry, 15, were missing. Henry was found a few hours later.

Mountain guides were today continuing their search of the slippery granite rockface for Ellie. About 170,000 people climb Kinabalu each year. But the weather can close in fast. Temperatures can fall to -15 C at night and the summit is often shrouded in cloud by mid-morning.

Post-mortem carried out on Aer Lingus boss

A post-mortem examination was being carried out yesterday on the body of the Aer Lingus chairman Bernie Cahill, above, which was found in shallow waters at Schull in West Cork. It was believed he slipped and fell while disembarking from a boat at a pier in the town. Police started a search after his family noticed he was missing and raised the alarm on Friday evening